To celebrate YouTube's 17th birthday, Google has gifted the app with new features, including pinch to zoom, precise seeking, and a darker dark theme. But the highlight is a new cosmetic upgrade called Ambient mode, which makes the viewing experience more immersive. Here's everything we know about the new background effect. Ambient mode, unleashed on Oct. 24, 2022, is an immersive watching experience that adds "a splash of color" to the background of YouTube's user interface. It gives videos t...
